walk with dog
hand-press substrates
wool-fullness makes
bundled sweater-ripe
warm beneath night
tactility that guides
faculties to pleasure
snug-laced upon ground
sock-tight bound
step soft-pressured
tread trace-measured
rime encrusting leaves
crackle-bright and brittle
low-hung sky where little
cloud-breaths die
our voiceless throat-escaped
starlight-pierced and scraped
© Geoffrey Koury 2015
Geoff lives in Northern VA and facilitates a monthly poetry group for the Arlington County Public Library.
